noun · feminine
nekrōsias
Greekνέκρωσις (nekrōsis)
Strong’sG3500
putting to death, lifeless condition
stem nekrōsi-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
*† νέκρωσις, -εως, ἡ
(< νεκρόω),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3500 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidnek'-ro-sis
decease; figuratively, impotency
Fromfrom G3499;
King Jamesdeadness, dying.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | nekrōsias | nekrōsiais |
| object accusative | nekrōsian2×νέκρωσιν | nekrōsiain |
| direct address vocative | nekrōsiar | nekrōsiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | nekrōsiau | nekrōsiaiu |
| to, for dative | nekrōsia | nekrōsiai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
nekrōsia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
nekrōsian“death”objectaccusative singular2×
Romans 4:19“deadness”kai mē asthenaratos ta pistia katanoata tem heautou sōmem nekrirētem, hekatontaetos pou huparcharōtos, kai tan nekrōsian tau mētrau Sarrau,Without weakening in his faith, he acknowledged the decrepitness of his body (since he was about a hundred years old) and the lifelessness of Sarah’s womb.
2 Corinthians 4:10“death”pantote tan nekrōsian tou Iēsu en te sōme periferarōtois, hina kai tas zōas tou Iēsu en te sōme nu faneriteia;We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.